Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Following recent actions by US authorities against the US crypto industry, Operation Choke Point 2.0 has become more apparent than ever. At the center of the campaign is the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), which recently sent a Well Not...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Ticketmaster is partnering with Avenged Sevenfold to launch its Ethereum NFT token-gating feature, in a bid to put an end to scalping, bot activity, and long wait times. As part of this partnership, the heavy metal band tested the feature with its De...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
While the European government is still working on its regulatory approach towards cryptocurrency regulation, a part of the body, which is the lawmakers, have earlier today published a new rule targeting crypto users with unverified identities. The la...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Despite CFTC suing Binance, Bitcoin on-chain data has so far shown no signs of FUD developing among traders on the cryptocurrency exchange. Bitcoin On-Chain Metrics Related To Binance Are So Far All Normal Yesterday, news came out that the US Commodi...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
The Bored Ape Yacht Club’s (BAYC) parent company Yuga Labs has released Legends of the Mara, a collection-based 2D strategy game with its companion collection. The game allows Otherdeed holders and players to claim a free Vessel and discover it...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Some people believe Bitcoin is digital gold, while others think it’s rat poison. But exactly does artificial intelligence think of it? We decided to ask ChatGPT precisely this important question. Keep reading to find out the top ten reasons Cha...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
BlockFi, a bankrupt crypto lender, has agreed to provide refunds totaling over $100,000 to its California customers who continued to repay loans despite a trading suspension on November 10th of last year. The Department of Financial Protection and In...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
The UK government had unveiled its intention to introduce nonfungible tokens (NFTs) through the Royal Mint. This announcement was made last year in April. This announcement was accepted with great enthusiasm by the Chancellor at the time, Rishi Sunak...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
According to a Reuters report, new charges have been unveiled against Sam Bankman-Fried, the co-founder of the now-bankrupt FTX exchange. Bankman-Fried, who founded one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in the world, has been accused of bribing...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
The Digital Euro Association (DEA) has published a new whitepaper to which Ripple Director of CBDC Product Management Anthony Ralphs was a contributor. Ripple called attention to this development in a tweet and blog post today. The latter explains th...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Disney’s foray into the metaverse has come to an abrupt end as the entertainment giant has reportedly shuttered its entire metaverse division. In a bid to streamline its business and curb costs, the company is slashing 7,000 jobs, including th...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Ethereum supply on exchanges has continued to go down recently and has now touched a value of 10.3%, effectively a new all-time low. Just 10.3% Of The Total Ethereum Supply Is Now Being Kept On Exchanges According to data from the on-chain analytics...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
The planned $1 billion sale of Voyager Digital to Binance.US has hit a speed bump as a federal judge granted the United States government’s request for an emergency stay. The move comes after the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) fil...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
In a new report, a cross-chain liquidity protocol THORChain has stopped trading activities on its mainnet due to a potential network vulnerability. By taking this proactive step, the protocol may be among some cases that eluded hackers’ exploit...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
The lawsuit filed by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) against Binance Holdings and CEO Changpeng Zhao (CZ) may also have implications for the Ripple case against the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Blockbytes wrote that...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
The Shiba Inu ecosystem has been under extreme pressure in recent weeks as a wave of controversy dealt a blow to the confidence of investors in the ecosystem. From speculation that the Shibarium testnet chain is the same as Rinia’s, to BitBoy accusi...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Polygon Labs has recently made a major announcement that is set to impact the Ethereum network’s future positively. The protocol has launched Polygon zero-knowledge proof Ethereum Virtual Machine (zkEVM) on mainnet Beta, a permissionless and pu...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
It’s no secret that the bear market has affected every section of the crypto industry. The onslaught has seen both top cryptocurrencies and NFTs decline drastically from their 2021 all-time highs, and are now trading for a small percentage of this va...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Today, the U.S. Commodities and Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) filed a lawsuit against crypto exchange Binance and its CEO, Changpeng “CZ” Zhao. The regulator is accusing the executive and the company of allegedly violating trading rules in the co...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Input Output Global (IOG) is a software research and development company that played an imperative role in developing the blockchain platform Cardano. In its recent announcement, the company appointed Eran Barak as the CEO of its latest data-protecti...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Litecoin was deemed a commodity today in a CFTC lawsuit filing against Binance. With the altcoin now potentially safe from further scrutiny from the SEC, a new digital silver narrative could take shape. Here’s why. Litecoin Officially Labeled A...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Data shows the Bitcoin mining hashrate has recently registered its third-largest 3-month upwards increase in the past five years. Bitcoin Mining Hashrate Has Sharply Gone Up Recently As an analyst on Twitter pointed out, only the aftermaths of the 20...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Amid the recent crypto market recovery, MicroStrategy, a business intelligence software company known in the crypto community for its accumulation of Bitcoin (BTC), has announced its first Bitcoin purchase of the year. Alongside its latest acquisiti...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
According to a recent report from Bloomberg, Chinese banks are now showing interest in Hong Kong crypto firms. This has surprised the broader crypto community, given that China had once restricted digital currency transactions in the country. In 2021...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
The Shibarium team has created a new wallet for Shiba Inu users as part of its plans to improve transactions within the network. Primarily, the Shibarium blockchain network aims to create an environment for seamless, transparent, and secure transacti...
